European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                T v a Pace. 10odds amp end housework still not a family activity Erma Bombeck Universal press Syndicate men Are always ragging women about their a push Button world. They Point out How housework is no longer an aerobic sport but simply a matter of punching �?ostart.�?�. A. A a. A a a., in your  this were True then How come in 1965 women were devoting 30 hours a week to housework and Over a Quarter of a Century later they Are still spending about 20 hours a week that a not exactly a breakthrough. What women really need is a family that is a Romalic self cleaning Frost free drip dry Energy efficient and environmentally Friendly. This unit simply has not kept Pace with development. For example you can Lead a child to a Kitchen surrounded by a see4hrough oven a microwave that docs everything but Park the car a disposer food chopper salad spinner crepe maker Taco and pasta machines and a cappuccino mechanism that you should never run if you be taken aspirin. However you can to make him clean up the mess he creates frying one egg. In be always wanted a husband who would go into a spin Cycle the moment i drive into the garage from the grocery store someone who would whip right out and say a you sit in a chair and rest. I la unload the  the dish Washer was supposed to bring Harmony to the family unit. Heaven knows the ugly v scene after dinner each night  have gotten worse with three children standing around whining a a it a your turn. You traded me the night we had Spaghetti and besides i had to do the bowl hat had a Pear pit in it that you left in the sink to soak for three  with the dishwasher its a a in a not doing dishes until someone unloads ill i get stuck All the time putting the clean ones away. Call me   we can remove the rings around our bathtubs with a spritz but we can to get a Man to turn his socks right Side out before putting them in the laundry hamper. We can clean and Wax Bur floors in one step but we can to get a child to use any less than four towels for a Shower a one for his hair one for his face and arms one for his Torso and one to get wet and leave on the bed. Technology can do Only so much. There Are. Nearly 60 million women in the work Force. Nearly 60 percent of them Are mothers. They can push a Button and clothes swish refrigerators defrost ovens clean themselves dirt is sucked up from the carpet clothes dry and food is nuked in  yet until replacing a toilet tissue spindle becomes an equip Opportunity Job we be got. Some distance to go. Miss manners n Judith Martin i be pleas that miss manners occasion ally issues for assistance in the glorious task of rescuing and spreading the Noble cause of etiquette do not always attract the sort of support she had in  u a a Quot. First to Volunteer arc always the avengers. They get miss manners Hopes up by joining her in deploring rudeness and triumphantly bringing instances of it to her attention. But then they leap wildly out from behind the cover of politeness and demand to Settle the score by being even Ruder themselves in retaliation. Right behind them Are the snobs. They profess to be wildly interested in etiquette and seduce miss manners into what seem like benevolent discussions of the finer Points of civilized behaviour. Only then docs it develop that their interest is not in rules that will make life pleasanter for everyone but in rules that they imagine will allow them to Parade their superiority Over people with less Money or fewer social opportunities. So when people who understand the True purposes of etiquette show up. In Force to fight the Good fight miss manners is ecstatic. She is do lighted to Welcome to the etiquette Honor Roll a group of american soldiers who have studied an aspect of the subject that they correctly suppose has hitherto escaped her attention. Miss manners worthy helpers identify themselves As a rdc Serwise soldiers currently Sta lion cd in saudi Arabia. A was such a ,. A we arc deeply concerned that some of the newer arrivals May not know proper desert  a realizing that someone with your sensitivities Horoscope -. For the week of March 10. Pisces feb 19-March 20 launch enterprises. Efficiency quotient soars Don t delay health checkups. Secrets and rumours abound Don t gossip. A Quot. Aries March 21-april 19 family issues predominate. Don t Fly off the handle. Give mate warm thoughts. Business proposition needs week off. Buy new books. A a a Taurus april 20-May 20 resist clinging to obsolete methods. New paths Are calling answer them. Something lost is recovered.,watch excessive materialism.,. A a a. A gemini May 21-june 20. Giving Means not expecting return favors. Youngsters provide secret messages. Emotional turbulence in business. Love boat sails still Waters cancer june 21-july 22 you attract important guides. Be willing to learn. Trust your intuition. Others take  you give. Selectivity ensures future Security a a. A a Leo july 23-aug 22 Stop pinching yourself. Smell the Coffee a give whiny partners the cold a shoulder watch somber moods. Nature trek stimulates health. A a Virgo aug23-sept. 22 read line print in contracts someone prestigious aids career May not have been exposed to the harsh Condi Tigris under which we live we have taken the Liberty of providing you with a list of  etiquette rules a they continue a we. Sincerely Hope this will help the new soldiers in their transition to our desert Way of  miss manners is honoured to yield this space to her colleagues in saudi Arabia. Here is their. Proclamation. A d a ten simple rules of military desert Eli que Etc. A done to leave half drunk open water bottles. Finch  a a a a a done to leave dip cups Spittoon lying around. Empty them. A never separate a Soldier from his or her cot. A rinse out the Wash Basin after use. No one wants your soap scum and hairs. A. A done to Flat late in closed tents. A professional Steps outside. A never open a new Case of res just because you done to Tike any of the meals left in the open a Box a a a a a a. A a a a a. In. A never relieve yourself in the presence of sol Dicks of the opposite sex. If by Accident this happens always apologize. A never hog the Shower water. Always turn the Shower off until you need to rinse. ,. A always drive on the. Down dust Side of pedestrians. It is very improper to a dust walking sol. Dicks. A i. Quot. A a be cautious when playing volleyball in Boxer . There now.,miss manners could hardly have put it better her self. Dear miss manners a is it Ever possible to be too polite. A a a gentle Reader when politeness is used to show up other people,.it is reclassified As rudeness. Thus it is technically impossible to be too polite. A done to make promises you can to keep. Put your financial House in order. A a a a a a a ,. A Libra sept. 23-ocl 22 Domestic disputes must be resolved be assertive self confident. Don t Gamble with sayings Channel passions for common Good. A a a a. A a a. Scorpio oct. 23-nov. 21 follow path of a least resistance. Watch Cranky emotional outbursts. Temporary change of scene rejuvenates. Act on what you be Learned. A a a Sagittarius nov. 22-dec. 20 determination Breeds character. Last week s blocks Abate. Words of Praise heal. Perform Community service. Be one of the gang. A Capricorn dec. 21-Jan. 19 break out of old ruts. Rekindle passion for music. Plan Spring vacation. Stop thinking so much Mentor shortens trip to top. A. Aquarius Jan 20-feb. 18 resolve emotional matters. Career hits Lull stride. Weed out expenditures.  virtue. Steer Clear of physical exhaustion. A. Copic a Neys service sunday March to. Tot